NIKKEI MICRODEVICES February 2007 vol. 260

Cover Story
MEMS Display Targeted at Mobile Phones

LSI

[Inside] Increasing Use of New Materials for Memory
[Inside] Impact of Increasing Thin-Client Systems on the Semiconductor Market
[Inside] NEC and NEC Electronics Develop 32nm-Node Multi-Layer Interconnect
[Report]Elpida and PSC Agree to DRAM Joint Venture in Taiwan
[Report]Toshiba Brings 3-Bit/Cell NAND Flash Memory to the Market
[Report] Successive Introduction of Non-Microstructural Memory Densification Methods
[Report] NEC Electronics Announces Promotion of Power MOSFET Towards 100 Billion Yen Business
[Report] Japan's Automotive Semiconductor Leader, Renesas, Aiming at World's Domination

FPD

[Inside] Tapping New Home Theater Market with Laser Projection TV
[Report] 2007 International CES Flash News
[Report] Who is the Next Winner in the Volatile FPD TV Market?

EDA

[Inside] NEC Electronics Develops Reliability Simulator to Predict Circuit Operations 10 Years Hence

Emerging Technology

Samsung Develops ReRAM Spin Coating Technique

Key Word

SOI (Silicon on Insulator)

Key Person

Micron’s NAND Flash Memory Business Strategy

Interview

Tokki Launches Thin-Film Solar Cell Production System Drawing on Organic Electroluminescence Expertise

Watcher/International

Worlds latest news

New Products

Etching system/Tokyo Electron Ltd.
Large size photo mask repair system/ Lasertec Corp.
Wafer prober/Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
Mounter / JUKI Corp.
AFM System/Agilent Technologies, Inc.
DFM tool/Clear Shape Technologies, Inc.

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In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.